South Africa Tourism

14/01/2020

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03/10/2019

Taking meat into Botswana and Namibia
We receive regular questions about taking meat and other fresh produce into Botswana and Namibia from South Africa. Due to the FMD (Foot and Mouth Disease) outbreak in Limpopo, no meat may cross the border from South Africa to Namibia or Botswana. This regulation includes biltong, animal hides, dairy products and eggs. At some of the border posts you might even find they confiscate fruit and vegetables. This means that canned products and UHT products are the best option until this ban is lifted.

22/07/2015

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21/07/2015

TABLE MOUNTAIN CABLEWAY CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE

Table Mountain Aerial Cableway will be closed from Monday, July 27, to Sunday, August 9, for scheduled annual maintenance.

Work includes cleaning the ropes and slack rope tests, renewing switches and bearings where necessary, servicing the main gearbox, generators and back-up generators, as well as general electronic component changes and control checks. The cable car cabins will also undergo a facelift.

Swiss engineers assist with the work in order to meet the highest global cableway standards set by the Swiss Governing Body for Cableways.

Source: Tourism Update (20 Jul)

21/07/2015

17/07/2015

SKYWISE OFFERS MANDELA DAY PROMOTION

Low-cost carrier Skywise Airlines has announced a special promotion for Nelson Mandela Day on July 18. The special will see tickets going for as little as R466.64 (we see what they did there!). In total, 4 600 tickets will be available for the promotion, with a "first-come-first-saved" basis.

In case you didn't notice the pattern, the airline is paying tribute to the prison number of Nelson Mandela during his imprisonment at Robben Island.

The airline, which launched earlier this year, currently only operates a route between Johannesburg and Cape Town - but it plans on expanding the routes soon. There are eight flights daily on this route - so your chances of getting in on the deal are pretty good.

Source: iafrica.com (16 Jul)

17/07/2015

Travelers take note: the Lootsberg Pass (between Middelburg and Graaff-Reinet), the Penhoek Pass (between Aliwal North and Queenstown) the Barkly Pass (between Barkly East and Elliot) and the Boesmanshoek Pass (between Steynsburg and Elliot) have been affected.

Parts of the N6 and N9, as well as two other mountain passes in the Eastern Cape, have been closed due to snowfall.

16/07/2015

SABI HOTEL CLOSES FOR REVAMP

The Sabi River Sun Hotel in Hazyview will be closed for accommodation from June 17 for four months, during which it will be refurbished and renovated.

The resort and the Sesonke restaurant, outdoor terrace, the golf bar restaurant and public areas of the hotel will remain open for business during the renovations. The reopening is scheduled for October 3, when the hotel will boast 60 newly refurbished rooms, complete with new soft furnishings and air-conditioning.

The bathrooms will be replaced with spacious modern bathrooms with walk-in showers, as well as new doors and aluminium window panes. The exterior façade of the hotel will also receive a facelift, with touch-ups and new balcony railings.

Source: Tourism Update (15 Jul)

15/07/2015

LION PARK ENDS LION CUB INTERACTIONS

The Lion Park, in Honeydew, Gauteng, will cease breeding lions and offering lion cub interactions from early next year when it relocates to a new park in the foothills of the Magaliesberg Mountains.

The park last month came under fire when a lioness mauled a tourist, who subsequently died from injuries.

“We wish to announce that lion cub interactions will no longer be on offer at the new Lion and Safari Park,” the park said in a statement on Tuesday. “Whilst lion cub interaction is still very popular amongst the overwhelming majority of our visitors, as the industry leader, the Lion Park has been unjustifiably targeted by some of the media intimating that it is connected to the canned hunting industry.”

The Lion Park said it was against a background of negative media coverage and the ongoing campaigns against it that the decision was taken.

Source: Tourism Update (15 Jul)

14/07/2015

SINGITA INTRODUCES NEW LUXURY VILLA

Singita has introduced the Ebony Villa on the Sabie River in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve as part of its redesign. Bookings will open on January 1, 2016.

The villa comprises two family suites with a private lounge, swimming pool and deck area that connects these suites. Guests staying in the Ebony Villa will have a private guide, vehicle, chef, host and a personal waiter throughout their stay The villa can accommodate four adults and four children under 12 years, or up to six adults and teenagers. The family suites can be booked separately.

Singita Lodge reopened the Ebony Lodge in June after a complete redesign that repositioned the sitting room to the deck area at the front of the lodge. The 12 new suites were also redesigned.

Source: Tourism Update (7 Jul)